Necdet Ozel

Necdet Ozel (1950-) was a general of the Turkish Army who served as Chief of the General Staff from 30 July 2011 to 18 August 2015, succeeding Isik Kosaner and preceding Hulusi Akar.

Biography
Necdet Ozel was born in 1950 in Ankara, Turkey to a Sunni Muslim family, and he studied at the Turkish Military Academy and its Infantry School before attending the London School of Economics in 1975. Ozel held several staff positions before being promoted to Brigadier-General in 2005 and then Major-General in 2009. From 2007 to 2008, he commanded the Aegean Army of the Turkish Army before serving as Chief of the General Staff from 2011 to 2015. Hulusi Akar replaced him on 18 August 2015.